Furniture-tip.



F. HACHMANN.

FURNITURE TIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13; I915. 1,217,091.. Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

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To allwitom concern:

Be-it known thatIyFRnIiERr oK MANN, a citizen f tlieUnited States, and} residing "at StQ Lbuisgjifi-the State 'of 'Mis souri, have invented a cercam newanause ful Improvement Furniture-Tips, of

Whichthe fenowing'is a specification. This invention relates to tips,' "and"more particularly, to tips forf furniture,"such as chairs and the like. v I

One of the forms of furniture tips now on themarket hasprongs formed int'egralwith the head forming the tip. Unless'such a up is made of heavy metal, it will dent when it is hammered on the tipped article. When,

however, this tip is made ,of heavy metal, the prongs will, of course, be heavy, and this is liable to cause the tipped article to split. Moreover, such integral construction has the disadvantage in that the desired glass hardening of the head will cause the prongs to be brittle and, therefore, easily broken. It has been proposed to construct a furniture tip of separate parts forming an integral structure, but such a device is not only complicated and expensive, but is also diificult to attach, and, moreover, rattles when in place.

One of the objects of this invention, therefore, is to construct a furniture tip comprising a base adapted for attachment and a head which interlocks with the base to form the extreme tip.

Another object is to provide a tip which is simple in construction, consists of a few parts, is easily applied, will not split the tipped article, and which is cheap to manufacture.

Further objects will appear from the detail description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an article, such as a furniture leg, which is tipped with a device embodying this invention; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an inverted perspective view of Fig. 1, but with the head removed;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the base;

Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the head; and,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of Fig. 2. Referring to the accompanying drawing,

10 designates the base, which is in the form rel-easement. 5 f

a central 1 perforation 12, and also pair" of prongs 13 "str uck up fifrjoih'ythe "body "of the base and adapted to take into theart'i'cle 9. t'Ojbe tipped. The" perforatioi'r' is adapted to receive "a -suitable' fasteningyfsuchas" screw "14. The? h6ad"l5 COII1 pI'lf'SeS .a c'up I Sl i c ifi cationj (if Letters iateii t. V I A i ilieafibnma Masai-13,1915. Seria 1No.14,276.

shapedstructure having': the? lower face thereof in *th 'e form of asegmehtpf' a sphere;-

and having a flange 16 provided with a plu Talle of-"inwardly struck up-parts '17 form:

inga bead. The inner faces of these struck the beaded flange, as shown in Fig. 6. Profup parts, when formedby striking up the I middle, are slightly beveled to merge into erably these struck up parts are positioned at diametrically opposite points.

In order to apply the device to an article to be tipped, the base is preliminarily positioned and preliminarily secured in position by th'elinsertion into the article to be tipped of the prongs'13. The screw 14: is

then inserted through the hole to firmly secure the base in place. .The head 15 is now pressed over'the flange 11 of the base, and this causes the flanges 11 and 16 to yield slightly at the engaged points, the flange 11 inwardly and the flange'16 outwardly,

thereby causing the bead to'snap over the flange and take over the same. This firmly secures the head in position on the base,

.thereby forming a complete tip.

Thepart's are made ofv sheet-metal formed by suitable dies, and can,'therefore, be constructed very cheaply. By making the tip of two separate parts it can be attached by a central fastener such .asa screw, so as. to firmly secure the base in positlon. 'Slnce the parts can be made. interchangeable, the wearing out part, namely, the head 15, can be readily replaced. The base can be made of cheap and thin metal, while the head can be made of a heavier metal, and'this head can be hardened so as to resist wear.

The short prongs 13 provide a convenient means for preliminarily locating. and p0si-' tioning the deviceon the tipped article for the more permanent attachment by the central screw. The flared construction of the flange not only makes this flange resilient, but also provides a ledge which firmly holds the head in position on the-base. The arrangement of the bead parts at opposite points furnishes a resilient construction permitting the ready engagement of the parts.

It is obvious that various changes' may -less, cupped pressed 'metal base having a downturned flange and adapted for attachbe made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit of this inven tion. It is, therefore, to be understood that this invention is not to be limited to the specific construction shown and described.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A furniture glide comprising a cupped pressed metal base adapted for attachment I to the leg of an article of furniture, and a pressed metal head designed to cooperate with said ,baselto form the active floor engaging surface of said glide,vsaid base and head being relatively yieldable transversely and constructed and arranged to form a downturned flange and a lug adapted to snap into cooperative interlocking engagement with said flange for detachably securing the head on the base and permitting ready disengagement of the head at will.

2. A furniture glide comprising a shankment to the leg of an article of furniture by means of an extraneous fastener, and a pressed metal head yieldable relative to said base and having means constructed and arranged to snap into detachable interlocking frictional engagement with said flange for permitting ready disengagement of said head at will, said head forming the active floor engaging surface of the glide.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of these two witnesses.

FREDERICK HACHMANN. Witnesses A JO N A. DOWDALL,

ARTHUR B. CREMER.

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